Attachment for eyeglass-cases.



G. C. SAVAGE.

ATTACHMENT FOR EYEGLASS CASES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I2, Isls.

l ,l 99,6 1 8*. Patentd Sept. 26, 1916.

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GEORGE C. SAVAGE, OF LYNCHBRG, VIRGINIA.

ATTACHMENT FOR EYEGLASS-:CASES.

Application led April 12, 1916.

-Eyeglass-Cases; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to improvements in combined eye glass case and pencil holder, and has for its object to provide a device of this character constructed in4 such a manner that a pencil can be attached to the case so as to prevent the loss of the pencil, the pencil holding means being so arranged that it will in no way interfere.

'A further object of the invention is to 1provide a device of this character so constructed that the pencil holder serves for yieldably holding the cover of the case in its closed position.

lith these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more Vfully described, claimed and illustrated in ythe accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a plan view of the device. Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view.

Referring to the drawing lindicates the eye glass case, which is preferably formed Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

Serial No. 90,743.

from light sheet metal and has securedV in any suitable manner to its bottom 2 a plate 3, the outer edge of which being bent to provide a pencil holding sleeve 4, the longitudiv nal edge 5 thereof terminates in an angular disposed flange 6.

The cover 7 of the case l has i-ts rear edgeV riveted to the flange G, and since said flange, as well as the holder 4 is resilient it is obvious that the cover 7 will bel held in engagement with the top 8 of the case.

From the foregoing description itpwill be seen that a pencil can be readily engaged in the holder 4 and that the cover 7 can be opened and closed without interfering withV receive a pencil and being formed from re-V silient metal, whereby the cover is held' in yielding engagement with the case. In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE C. SAVAGE. Vitnesses:

J. J. DITOH, H. L. WILKINS.

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